Many times during auditions, I was told that I couldn't carry a note with a bucket, and that I sure couldn't play the piano.

I cant retire from music any more than I can retire from my liver. Youd have to remove the music from me surgically—like you were taking out my appendix.

Sometimes my dreams are so deep that I dream that I'm dreaming.

What I've got to live up to, is being myself. If I do that, the rest will take care of itself.

I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.

Drunken talk isn’t meant to be printed in the paper.

I set my own rhythm, and I do believe it was usually a little faster than most other people's.